THIS WEEK Washington and Delhi will formally sign off on a landmark deal opening nuclear trade between the US and India for the first time since the latter conducted its initial atomic tests three decades ago.
The signing of the pact will mark the culmination of more than three years of tortuous negotiations and intensive lobbying by Washington and Delhi aimed at granting India an exemption from internationally-agreed rules forbidding nuclear commerce with any country that has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
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WASHINGTO: Here is the text supplied by the White House of President George W. Bush's official statement on signing the US-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act:
I am pleased today to sign into law the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act, which approves the US-India 123 Agreement. The passage of this legislation by the Congress marks another major milestone in achieving the vision that Prime Minister Singh and I set forth on July 18, 2005, to transform the relationship between our two countries and to establish a strategic partnership. This Act will strengthen the relationship between the

The Indo-US nuclear deal has finally been signed into law by US President George W Bush. The skeptics have once again been proved wrong and in significant

By Michael Bowman President Bush has signed legislation that paves the way for civilian nuclear trade between the United States and India.